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What is law? |
A phenomenon created by members of society. |
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When/why did laws emerge? Relationship between amount of laws and societal complexity. |
Around 10,00 years ago. |
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Social Control |
To manufacture conformity and to suppress what the state practices |
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Criminalization |
The process whereby criminal law is applied to social behavior |
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Process of Criminalization is- |
1) legislation that outlaws certain types of behavior 2)Surveillance of that behavior 3)if detected, the punishment of it. |
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The debate of Criminalization |
1) How did the the criminalization process contribute to western societies when started in 17th century? 2) A neutral process or only of interests to the powerful? 3)Does it contribute to maintenance of social inequality? |
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How does your textbook understand the criminalization process? |
That it tends to the interest of the powerful. |
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